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Basic concept: Using nature’s principles in a city is the only way to make the city better and help protect our planet. Nature and its...
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Can we reach a harmonious dynamic state of interdependence with each other and the earth? Is this the next step for civilization? Will we disassociate our concept of...
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When it comes to dealing with all those pet projects in the big spending bill before Congress, President Barack Obama’s budget chief says wait till next year.
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Republican Sen. John McCain has unleashed a withering attack on President Barack Obama’s decision to sign a spending bill packed with thousands of pet projects...
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In response to a survey by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 50 states and the District of Columbia listed more than 5,000 highway...
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More than 5,000 highway projects are ready to go, state transportation officials say, if Congress will only pony up $64.3 billion as part of an economic aid plan.
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The European Union has approved euro1.7 billion (US$2.15 billion) in funding for 11 railway projects aimed at clearing bottlenecks in Europe’s transport grid.
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Getting a nicely brewed cup of coffee on your own is no big deal with the sophisticated coffee machines present on the market. But what could be better than a computer...
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Whatever happened to the Republican Party’s war on pork?
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Two solar power plants in California will produce 12 times the amount of electricity of current plants, the companies said.
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The U.S. space agency said it has selected 11 companies and one university to develop concepts as to how astronauts will live and work on the moon.
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There are gadgets and then there are the wireless ones. The wireless gadgets are like a step above the ones with wires; they are like the next step of evolution in...
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BELO MONTE DAM _ 6.7 billion project in the Amazon state of Para will supply an estimated 11,000 megawatts of power by 2014, or 6.3 percent of Brazil’s...
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Get out the trough, it’s feeding time. Congress has decided that an election year with recession written all over it is not the time to be giving up those...
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President Arroyo urged foreign creditors to come up with standards on official development assistance (ODA) requirements for the Philippines in the wake of...
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Sen. Barack Obama is open about the pet projects he’s tucked into federal legislation, but it’s a different story when it comes to the extra spending he...
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Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday joined Republican presidential candidate John McCain and a small band of GOP senators in making a run this...
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Under pressure from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering a ban on home-district projects sought by lawmakers, a move that would rob the GOP of one of...
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Only a dozen House members and half as many senators declined to play in Congress’ pork barrel playground last year by refusing to ask for home state projects, a...
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House Republicans say they are willing to stop funding _ at least temporarily _ pet projects for their home districts if Democrats are willing to go along.The move...
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